Three Lehigh Valley squads qualified and competed nationally this spring from Valley Elite All Stars.

Their youth team of girls under 12, the Twizzlers, placed 10th out of 22 teams at The Summit Nationals earlier this month, coach Tracy Baker said. Their junior team of girls under 14, the Red Hots, also qualified and competed in The Summit Nationals, but didn't make it to finals.

Senior girls, Big Red, qualified and competed in the Cheer World competition last month. The 12- to 18-year-olds didn't make it to finals, but were proud of their clean performance, Baker said.

"It's a pretty great honor to have three out of our four traveling teams to get that honor," of getting competition bids.